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03-26-2011, 09:31 PM
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Osage Orange/Sinker Redwood Dreadnaught
I recently finished an Osage Orange back and sides guitar with a Sinker Redwood top. I was surprised by the killer tone and sustain. The guitar, tonewise, is the equal if not the better of any guitar in my local guitar store.
I was blown away. Getting lots of compliments on the sound.
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03-27-2011, 01:30 AM
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"Dreams are the answers to questions that we haven't figured out how to ask." - Mulder
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03-27-2011, 08:07 AM
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Ummmmmm. I am with the flock. It don't exist
 You can't toss out a teaser bomb lol Well ya can, but the Island of Misfit builders aren't satisfied! OK; Is the Osage from USA or what country? How big is the guitar. Was it a serviced kit or built with a pocket knife and a tube of glue on a Kitchen table..... We need the .50 cent story and pictures dude!
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03-27-2011, 08:35 AM
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It was a kit from Blues Creek Guitars except for the top which I purchased separately. It has bubinga trim. I will post pics soon. Osage Orange is an American wood but this is from a South American Variety. Osage Orange is also known as Hedge Apple Wood, Bois d'Arc or Bodark. I grew up on a farm and we had a wind row of the stuff. It was used by farmers for fence posts. It is hard as iron and never rots so you could make fence posts out of the stuff and they would never rot. The fence row where I grew up had a fence of the stuff that was there long before I lived there and it's still there in good condition. I'm almost 59. Indians used is to make bows. THe stuff is so hard it's hard to drive a staple into for barbed wire. Has a yellow appearance. It cracked like a maniac this winter. I had to fill it and stabilize it. Next time I'm going to put it in the oven at 200 degrees for an hour before gluing it up and see if that helps the cracking.
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Last edited by Guitar Hack; 03-27-2011 at 08:45 AM.
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03-27-2011, 08:49 AM
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Sorry guys, Can't figure out how to post photos. Looks like you have to have a photo account somewhere and import them.
Any way I can import off my computer?
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03-27-2011, 11:46 AM
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It would be interesting to see... Osage is a premium wood for making bows... That's what French name means... "Tree of the Bow".
However, it requires special handling. Alternating rings of very hard "late-growth" wood and spongy, soft "early growth" wood. You have to cut a stave down to a uniform single ring to make a bow...
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03-27-2011, 12:14 PM
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Osage is the American Brazilian Rosewood. Great Bell tap tone. Tough to find wide enough to build with. I have 10 acres to explore on a buddies property looking for osage. Cross your fingers I find a big one!
I just scored 100 pounds of boards for $10! No Quartersawn but many uses. Bummer about the cracks. There is a process to drying. Things can go south. Posting photo's can be tough. If you want to email them to me I can post them for you [email protected]
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